Development Mirror

The Development Mirror is a platform for ground-breaking research and knowledge integrating health, environmental, social, and economic challenges of society.

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According to theNFHS-5, 50.5% of households without access to electricity, 48.1% without a mobile phone, 44.9% without any toilet facility, 40.9% without a semi-pucca/pucca house, and 38.8% without any vehicle including bicycle, do not have a BPL card.

#BPLcard #poverty #India

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Data raises questions about the legitimacy of some BPL cards, or it suggests that some BPL households have experienced notable improvements in their standard of living. What do you think?

#BPL #poverty #India #NFHS5 #households #standardofliving #legitimacy #improvement

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The highest percentages of JAM adoption were recorded in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, with figures of 91.7% and 88.6% respectively. Meanwhile, Assam reported the lowest percentage at 15.0%.

#JAM #FinancialInclusion #DigitalIndia #SocialSecuritySchemes

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Only 19% population (18+) in Assam has an Aadhaar Card. Among other States, except for Meghalaya (46%), this figure ranges between 96% to 99%. Around 96.7% Indians (18+) have Aadhaar Card.

Source: NFHS-5 (2019-21)

@CMOfficeAssam @UIDAI

#assam #meghalaya #aadhaar #aadharcard

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India at 75: 75 Years 75 Events

#75yearsofindependence #indiaat75 #azadikaamritmahotsav #india #75years

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India at 75: 75 Years 75 Events

#75yearsofindependence #indiaat75 #azadikaamritmahotsav #india #75years

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India at 75: 75 Years 75 Events

#75yearsofindependence #indiaat75 #azadikaamritmahotsav #india #75years

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India at 75: 75 Years 75 Events

#75yearsofindependence #indiaat75 #azadikaamritmahotsav #india #75years

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At a time India’s poverty measurement is under scrutiny, the NFHS report, through a quintile approach, is a reality check based on the ownership of common household assets. The message is clear: certain states lag in their entirety, as do marginalized communities in India.

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@DevelopmentMir1 Collaborators highlight the distribution of wealth across the states, districts and social groups of India in their recent piece published in @livemint.
https://t.co/slY74foROT

#wealth #poverty #bplcard #inequality #india #religion #caste #education #bpl #nfhs5

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A task force set up by the Government of India has re-examined the age at marriage in India for women, and the union cabinet has sanctioned the proposal to raise the minimum marital age of women to 21 years, making it equal to that of men. https://t.co/aiY1FfDbFe

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To measure the progress of women’s rights in the country, @develipment.mirro collaborators look at the findings of the recently released NFHS-5 fact sheets.

https://t.co/QbTC7oDRVj

#gender #women #empowerment #SDGs #genderequality #nfhs5 #india #nfhs #SDG5

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Despite a rise of 15% points in access to clean cooking fuel since 2015-16, overall situation paints a grim picture.

https://t.co/2SVgHm6UuX

#cleanfuel #cookingfuel #electricity #power #cylinder #ujjwala #ujjwalascheme #fuel #LPG #pmuy #sdg7 #energy #india #rural #urban

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रजिस्ट्रार जनरल ऑफ़ इंडिया की एक रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक़ वर्तमान में भारत का लिंगानुपात 948 है. यानी प्रति हज़ार पुरुषों पर साढ़े नौ सौ महिलाएं.

https://t.co/SYjjEJWXQ7

#sexratio #nfhs #women #india #nfhs5 #womeninindia #census #gender #sdg5

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From a replacement-level fertility rate to rising anaemia prevalence, here’s what the NFHS-5 has found on key health indicators.

https://t.co/zxmZ9jHxto

#india #nfhs5 #fertility #anemia #tfr #malnutrition #sanitation #water #cooking #fuel #healthforall #sdgs #sdg3 #nfhs

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There is a need to pay attention to the understanding of the factors that stand as barriers between nutrition-orirnted policies and their goals related to nutrition writes Development Mirror collaborator Akansha Singh in Down To Earth.

https://t.co/MRKpPj3S8q

#globalhungerindex

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An article by @DevelopmentMir1 collaborators explores the possibility of introduction of a quasi-universal basic income which can provide the much required protection and safety to workers & address the susceptibility of the system.

https://t.co/LY7QyZ94as

#ubi #india #migrants

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India’s progress in regard to the SDG is fair enough but not satisfactory, DM collaborators write in Down To Earth.

https://t.co/wN2BeZECpl

#production #consumption #sustainable #sustainableconsumption #sdg12 #sdgs #india #china #footprint #carbon #food

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Women in PRIs act only as a “rubber stamp”, while their husband takes over all the responsibilities.

Story Link: https://t.co/AZFwXjEVUn

#panchayat #panchaytiraj #localgovernance #women #gender #democracy #equality #genderequality #womenempowerment #womeninpolitics #swarajya

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The Monthly per capita household consumption expenditure on health in India is approximately 13%.

Source: MoHFW (2017-18)

Illustration: Soni Prabhakar

#sdg #sdg3 #health #goodhealth #hospital #facilities #infrastructure #development #stats #statistics #facts